Payroll calculator



March 8, 1949. ss 2,464,148

PAYROLL CALCULATOR Filed Jan. 16, 1945 INVENTOR XIM MM' dafi1fll rATTORNEY Patented Mar. 8, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PAYROLLCALCULATOR Ernest G. Nasser, Pittsburgh, Pa. Application January 16,1945, Serial No. 573,084

1 Claim.

provements in payroll calculators and it is among the objects thereof toprovide a device which shall be adapted for rapid calculation of thetime and pay of wage earners over a twenty-four hour period, includingovertime, and for different Wage rates.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a payroll calculatorin which, given the starting time and the finishing time, the elapsedtime, the total pay and overtime premium hours or overtime areobtainable by simple adjustment of the tabulating charts and time scale.

These and other objects of the invention will become apparent from aconsideration of the accompanyin drawing constituting a part hereof, inwhich like reference characters designate like parts, and in which Fig.1 is a top plan view of a payroll calculator embodying the principles ofthis invention;

Fig. 2 a front elevational view thereof;

Fig. 3 a cross-sectionalview, partially in elevatlon, taken along theline 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 an end elevational view of an adjustable drum carrying payindicia scales.

In the drawing the numeral I designates a housing of rectangular shapeincluding a base 2 mounted on corners 3, side walls 4 and a top or covermember 5, the latter being inclined as shown in Fig. 2, to render thetabulating indicia readily visible to one sitting in front of thecalculator. The cover member 5 is provided with slotted openings 6, 6aand I through which the outer surfaces of ribbons 8 and 9 arerespectively visible, the ribbon 8 constituting an endless beltextending over pulleys l6 and H mounted on shafts l2 and l3, the shaftl2 being provided with a handwheel M, Fig. l, for turning the pulley Inwhich causes the endless ribbon 8 to pass underneath the opening 6.Ribbon 8 extends the full length of slots 6 and 6a and is printed withindicia constituting the calculated pay and the basic pay-rate of aparticular wage earner, the numeral 87 /2 being shown through theopening 6 in Fig. 1, meaning that the particular rate to be applied tothe calculation of time is 87 per hour.

Instead of a ribbon or belt 8 the indicia of pay rates may be applied toslats 8a which are mounted on a drum 8b, Fig. 4. Each slat which extendsthe full length of the slots 8 and So has the wage earned in dollars andcents for a given rate which is visible through the opening 6a.

The ribbon 9 is mounted on a pair of pulleys I5 which are spacedlongitudinally of the the cal- This invention relates to new and usefulim- 2 culator l beneath the slot 1 to render the indicia of the band ortape of time in hours and minutes visible the full length of the slot'3. The pulley I5 is mounted on a shaft [5 journaled in bearings l7 andI8 to the top and side, respectively of the calculator housing. Shaft I6is provided with a handwheel H! by which it is rotated, and a pawl andratchet 20 and 2| are provided to yieldingly hold shaft l6 to itsadjusted position.

The calculator is provided with fixed indicators in the form of arrows22 at one end of the slot 1, and by rotating the wheel IS, the printedribbon 9 is moved to bring the wage earners starting time in registerwith arrows 22, which, in the drawing, is eighteen minutes after ten.

Printed strips 23 and 24 are mounted in grooves of the cover member 5and are fixed against movement. A slide 26, having its ends intersectingwith parallel frames 27 and 28 is provided with windows 29 spacedtransversely of the printed indicia columns, the slide 26 being movablethe full length of the calculator.

As shown in Fig. 1, the slide windows are respectively marked Finishingtime, Total pay, Elapsed time hrs, and Prem. hrs. 0. T., meaningovertime.

The operation of the above described payroll calculator is briefly asfollows: The wage earners rate having been determined, it is exposedthrough the window 6 by rotating handwheel l4 to move the ribbon 8 onwhich the rates are printed. As shown in Fig. 1, the wage rate inquestion is 87 The handwheel H3 is revolved until ribbon 9 is brought tothe position where the figures representing the starting timecorresponding to the wage earners record are in alignment with thearrows 22 which, as shown in the drawing, is 10:18. Slide 26 is thenmoved to the position of the finishing time as shown by the time card,which, in Fig. 1, is 3:12, or twelve minutes after three. The elapsedtime is then shown through the slide which is a total of 4.9 hours, and,at the rate of 8'7 /2 per hour, would indicate an earning of $4.29.

The overtime hours are indicated in a short column and are efiectiveafter the elapsed or normal time of eight hours is reached by the slide26. The overtime premium may then be calculated at the half or fullrate, whichever the case may be.

From the foregoing description it will be evident that by moving thetime table of column 1 through the handwheel l9 and the pay rate tableby the handwheel Hi, all the adjustments for calculating the workers payare made with the exception of movement of the slide 26. Thus by simplymoving the slide 26, the finishing time figure, the total elapsed timeand total pay is at once indicated, except the overtime pay.

Although one embodiment of the invention has been herein illustrated anddescribed, it will be evident to those skilled in the art that variousmodifications may be made in the details of construction withoutdeparting from the principles herein set forth.

I claim:

In a payroll calculator, a housing having a set of parallel slots, awage scale adjustable to render it visible through one of said slots,said scale being based upon a given wage rate indicated on said scale, afixed time scale in parallel alignment with said wage scale, anothertime scale in parallel alignment with said wage and fixed time scalesand being adjustable relative to a fixed indicator, and a slide havingwindows exposing the wages and time of said wage and time scales toindicate the dollars and cents wage due for a given time, saidadjustable time scale being mounted to be selectively aligned withanother of said slots in said housing, and being adjustable transverselyto said wage scales to bring the starting time in register with thefixed indicator on said housing.

ERNEST G. NASSAR.

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